Principal Systems Integration Engineer

Motorola Solutions•San Mateo, CA

4d•$140,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Motorola Solutions’ Access Control Division is building a platform for physical access control and automation, combining distributed systems, hardware-adjacent software, security, and high-availability cloud services. The Principal Systems Integration Engineer will define technical requirements for new products and align electrical and firmware architectures with cloud and mobile features. The role includes rapid firmware and hardware prototyping, early board bring-up, and validation of hardware/software interfaces and system-level behavior. The engineer will collaborate with electrical design in Culver City and with Mechanical, Industrial Design, Cloud, and Mobile teams. They will also work with contract manufacturing and JDM partners in Asia to oversee design execution and uphold architectural standards. The position may require travel to Asia one to two times per year and occasional evening meetings with overseas partners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; the basic requirements specify a bachelor’s degree.
At least 3 years of engineering experience.
Professional background spanning Electrical Engineering and firmware, with the ability to read schematics and write C code.
Experience writing functional proof-of-concept code in C to test hardware features and communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, and BLE.
Ability to translate high-level product requirements into specific hardware and firmware constraints.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain hardware constraints to software developers and vice versa.
Willingness to travel to Asia one to two times per year and occasionally participate in evening syncs with overseas partners.
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely; employer work permit sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience or strong working knowledge of FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or Debian Linux.

Responsibilities

Define technical requirements for new products and ensure electrical and firmware architectures support cloud and mobile features.
Conduct firmware and hardware tests and build proof-of-concepts to validate architectural assumptions early in the design cycle.
Collaborate with electrical design and coordinate with Mechanical, Industrial Design, Cloud, and Mobile teams on system design.
Work with contract manufacturing and JDM partners in Asia to oversee design execution and ensure architectural standards are met.
Perform initial board bring-up and validate hardware/software interfaces on early prototypes.
Use bench tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers to debug system-level issues and optimize hardware for power and performance.